Pacific Northwest Gardening: How to Spot an Avid Gardener, 1 by growin

growin wrote:
I really enjoyed reading all of your posts and can say I relate, and even sang along.

Getting back to the topic, I do give directions based on trees. The border guards didn't know what to make of it but I had to remember that Arbutus in Canada is Madrona in Washington. US Customs asked me when I brought across 63 lbs of palm seed, how the seedhouse knows its coming from me without a "bill of sale". "I'm the only one who'd harvest, pick, hand wash and dry this much palm tree seed and lives in Canada."

Gloves? Why gloves - you need the dirt under your nails to show you've done something and it's just your "character".

To me, the first letter of the cultivar name being capitalized IS important and the split-up of the Liliaceae family IS bigger than Brittany Spears or Paris Hilton.

Socializing at the bar is tough for me when all I can think about is where I can get that new variegated Tibouchina and all they think about is how much money I make, where I live and what I drive. Words like "acreage", "greenhouse", "farm" are must-have "husband" terms.

pic: I want this plant and it just might be hardy. I wanna cutting from that ritzy restaurant!

This message was edited Nov 6, 2007 3:34 PM